The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-21
Love And Repentance.

Love Anu h6pelGalC6'
1t wasat Saint Valery .en-Caux, dur
ingthe bathingseason, that Nine. Alice
Vivien first met Roger de Beaumont.
Roger was finding the hours quite
tedious at that domestic resort.
He had noticed Nine, Vivien, who
was by far, the prettiest Of all the
fair bathers at the place, and he
thought that courtiug her would be a
very pleasant way Of varying the mon
otonous life he was leading.
Nine. Vivien dwelt in a pretty cot.
tage by the seaside. Her husband,
detained in Paris by his business,
could only manage to comedown once
a week and remain with her from Sat
urday to Monday.
At the age of seventeen Alice had
been married to Mr.. Vivien, a gentle
man thirty-hve years OF age, whose
devotion to her was a blending OF love
with fatherly tenderness.
She was al honest, upright woman,
Who would have repulsed Roger de
Beaumont had he begun by making
owe to her.
But the young man was too shrswd
10 proceed in this way. He under
TODD the young woman's ingenious
eart. and he endeavored TO gain her
confidence by slow degrees.
M h u,aa Aha fAaol - -. n,0aE snovok
thoughts; in a months time he had
aimed her love, even before she her.
elf was ware of it.
Roger himself was beginning to take
n interest in the game he was play
ne. He even felt a growing passion
or that adorable and artles young
Roman, and one evening, while with
Ter at the pier-head, where they had
one to enjoy the breeze, he exclaimed
D a voice full OF emotion:
II love youl"
~ She tried to make him hush, to
how that she was offended; but he
hose ardor and boldness seemed
frightened by the charm and poetry
the delightful evening, continued
q passionate tone:
II have loved yon since the first
by / saw you! And you love me, tool
know it, l feel it. Only let me wor.
Rip you. Don't avoid me, don't re-
Else metz
Hush for heavens sake, hushl"
e'0hl do not answer me in that way
me, who adore you; let me hope
at you viii say that you love me-"
As he looked at her she seemed
ady to faint; shining teardrops
IRE yelling, and her little hand quiz
ed like a captive bird.
Let me 20" said she, in a voice
hrceiy audible.
lie escorted her to her gate, and,
wing low, ne said; ST shall expect
answer; it will be a sentence of
ath or q command to live"
an avowal would perhaps have es-
bed from Alice's lips had not the
ise OF footsteps and the sound of
Ices fallen on her ear
Dreading to be seen, and already as
Rorous as q guilty person, the young
man withdrew ard hastily entered
house.
love him, toor' I lovehiml" MUIR
red she, and remembering how
kiousIy the young man had wished
an avowel Of her love, feeling her
rt Overlooking, she hastily wrote
a feverish hand;
Dger, / love you, and shall i'm.
emily wait for tomorrow.
ALICE.
Ae smiled while thinking OF the
ness that would hll Rogers heart
b he read her letter, and notwith-
ding the lateness Of the hour, she
ened out to drop 1t 10 the letter
q had barely returned to the
be when a vague feeling OF dread
hi to Cypress her. The int0xica-
charm that had possessed her
dissipated, and to her mind oane
picture OF her husband, 50 conhd-
knd loving.
next day, from the moinent
awoke, she had but 0nethonght-
back her letter.
TOUT four o'clock in the afternoon
vent to the casino, where she was
to find Roger, who, as soon as he
her, advanced with out-stretched
s. his eyes beaming with tri-
ply 10y.
Il" said she, yesterday I had a
cnt or folly; forget it please l
love you; I swear itl have
loved you'll and | shall never
you-no, neverl"
ger. disappointed, looked at her,